Brake for casters.



W. P. YOUNG.

BRAKE FORv UASTERS.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 2, 1909.

918.636. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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Unirnn PATENT WILLIAM F. YOUNG, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FAULTLESS (ASTER COMPANY, OF NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA.

BRAKE FOE GASTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 20, 1909.

Application filed February 2, 1909. Serial No. 475,671.

. b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l VILLL-mr F. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brakes for Casters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to brakes for casters and its object is to hold the caster wheel securely against rotation.

It consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts as are set forth in the following specification, the virtue of my invention being specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

It is believed that the broad idea of a brake for a caster is new, the construction of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating like parts throughout the several views.

Reference being had to the said drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and therefore not drawn to scale, Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing the brake in unlocked position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the brake in partially locked position. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, showing the brake in locked position. Figs. ft and 5 are details.

My invention is described as follows: The pintle 1, has the frame 2, rotatably mounted at its lower end in the usual manner. Said frame 2, is composed of a substantially rectangular base 3, having two cars l and 5, extending downwardly therefrom and integral therewith. Each of said ears is provided with a perforation 6, wherethrough passes the spindle 7, upon which rotates the caster wheel 8. One of said cars is provided with a ridge 9, which registers with a ridge 10, of said brake 11, when said brake is in unlocked position. Said brake is provided with two limiting lugs 12 and 13. When said lug 1:2, comes into contact with the edge of said ear 5, said brake is in unlocked position. hen said lug 18, comes into contact with said ear 5, said brake is in locked position.

The two extreme positions that this brake may assume are illustrated in Figs. 1 and The intermediate position is shown in Fig. 2, in which figure the brake is shown sutliciently in a horizontal position that the wheel 8, is actually held against rotation, but yet said lug 13, is not contacting said ear 5, as shown and heretofore pointed out in Fig. 3. The caster wheel 8, is held against rotation on account of the ear 5, binding against the outer side face thereof when said ridges 9 and 10, are not registering. lVhcn said ridges are registering, the resiliency existing in said ear 5, causes it to spring outward releasing said wheel so that it might rotate upon its spindle. Said spindle is provided with substantial heads adapting it to bear the strain which will be necessarily exerted upon it. Said brake 11. is provided with extensions 1-1, to facilitate in the manipulation of the same.

Although I have specifically described the construction and operation of my device, I may exercise the right to make such slight alterations in the construction as do not depart from the spirit of my invention or do not fall without the scope of the claims hereunto attached. It is obvious that the necessity for slight changes as to detail may arise in the manufacture of my device.

hat I claim as new is:

l. A caster comprising a frame, said frame comprising a brake pivotally secured to the spindle of said caster.

2. A caster comprising a frame, said frame comprising two cars one of which is provided with a ridge, a caster wheel rotating between said ears upon a suitable spindle extending through suitable perforations in said ears, a brake provided with a ridge, said ridge registering with the ridge upon one of said ears when said brake is in unlocked position, said ridge extending at an angle from said ridge upon said car when said brake is in locked position.

3. A brake comprising a frame, said frame having two cars one of which is provided with a ridge, a caster wheel rotatably mounted between said cars, a brake provided with a between said ears, a brake provided with a ridge normally registering with said firstinent-ioned ridge, said brake adapted to bind E In testimony whereof I affix my signzituie, said ears against the outer side faces of said in presence of two Witnesses.

Wheel when it is desired to hold saidwheel 7 T T against rotation, said brztke provided with p ILLIAM YOUNG lnwardly extending limitlng lugs and out- Vitnesses:

Wardly projecting extensions, said extenslons JOHN W. GrooDsoN,

for the manipulation of the same. REID DUGGAN. 

